Middle School Mentor Days

To help with the transition into high school, 75 eighth graders from the middle school, during the off-track periods, were hosted for a day on campus by a Career & Technical Education student. The CTE students were specially selected to match the course interests of their proteges and spent the day showing them how to navigate high school life.

KUPONO TRACK - Friday, April 25, 2008
LAULIMA TRACK - Friday, May 2, 2008
MALAMA TRACK – Thursday, May 15, 2008

"She talked to me as an equal... and made me feel important as a person" Laulima student

"It's hard, but not as stressful as I thought. High school's difficulty is based a lot on your decisions." Kupono student

"I felt I made a difference..." High School Mentor

"Watch who you hang out with... your friends have a heavy impact on you." High School Mentor

Thank you to our volunteer mentors!
And to the soon-to-be freshmen...see you soon!

AIGA Design LAB Workshop

"Get Out the Vote" was this years' topic for the AIGA Design LAB (Learn And Become) workshop on February 23 & 24. The 35 students attending the weekend workshop, hosted at Mililani High School, were hand-picked by graphic design teachers at seven schools - Mililani, Campbell, Kaimuki, Kapolei, Radford, Waialua and Waianae. For two days students worked closely with volunteer professional graphic designers to create thought-provoking posters that encourage participation in this year's elections. Posters and photos from the workshop can be seen at Ryan Hirata, MHS Alumni & AIGA facilitator's homepage.

http://homepage.mac.com/tactics.rh/LAB/

Thank you to all the AIGA volunteers, our sponsors, HonBlue/Electric Pencil and HawaiiUSA Federal Credit Union and the students & teachers who spent all weekend LEARNING AND BECOMING.

Posters will be on display at Kahala Mall from Monday, May 19 - Sunday, May 25. Stop by to view the outstanding work of our student graphic designers.

Groundhog Job Shadow Day

On February 1, Mililani High School students left behind schoolwork for a day to experience the real, full-time business environment at host companies. Every first friday in February, National Groundhog Job Shadow day arrives. Students visit a wide range of businesses (from Pacific Beach Hotel to Coca Cola to Kapiolani Hospital) with their classes or parents, friends or relatives. This year, with the support of Junior Achievement, classes were able to visit State Farm Insurance, Hawaii Foodbank and River of Life Mission, Oceanit/Hoana Medical and Castle & Cooke Hawaii's new "green" self-storage building in Mililani Mauka. KHNL news coverage of the Castle & Cooke visit can be viewed online at http://www.khnl.com/Global/story.asp?S=8195283

Thank you to State Farm Insurance, River of Life, Foodbank, Oceanit, Hoana Medical, Castle & Cooke Hawaii, Junior Achievement of Hawaii and all of the very supportive businesses for welcoming our students.

New Sanding Room Completed!

On Thursday, December 13, the new Sanding Room was dedicated. Students and teachers are thrilled to be working in a safe environment for their woodworking projects. Thank you for all the volunteers and sponsors for your hard work and generous donations that went into the construction of the new Building & Construction Sanding Room.

American Coating Company

Ameron Hawaii

Associated Steel Workers Ltd

Castle & Cooke Hawaii

City Mill Home Improvement Centers

Concrete Coring Company of Hawaii

CWR Hawaii Inc

Diversified Exterminators

Hardware Hawaii

Island Pacific Distributors Inc

Josephine's Concrete Pumping

Pioneer Ace Hardware

Reef Development of Hawaii

RK Oshiro Door Service Inc

State of Hawaii, DAGS

Tajiri Lumber

Taketa Sheet Metal Inc

TileCo Inc

Curriculum Fair - November 28

On the morning of Wednesday, November 28, all freshman, sophomores & juniors were able to check out possible classes for their next school year at the 5th Annual Curriculum Fair. Students registered for 4 presentations of their choice in Advisory class. 93 different classes were featured and presented by CTE, AP, Math, Science, Physical Education & World Languages teachers. The Curriculum Fair has proven to be extremely helpful with registration decisions.

Middle School Presentations

Malama Track 11/1/07
Kupono Track 11/7/07

Laulima Track 11/15/07

Teams of CTE students are trekking up to Mililani Middle School for three mornings in November to blitz eighth graders with all the inside information on their CTE classes. MHS students from Graphics, Digital Media, Drafting, Building & Construction, Computer, Health, Public & Human Services, Agriculture and Business classes are helping the upcoming freshmen with elective class decisions while experiencing the role of the instructor.

MHS Graphics Program Produces National Winners - Again!

2007 SkillsUSA National Winners - Leanne Sakamoto & Courtney Ro won 1st Place in the Promotional Bulletin Board category at the National Competition this past summer at Kansas City, Missouri.

Congratulations Leanne & Courtney!